Post * gMWxb — Curious Curator

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TIL that Futurama's Philip J. Fry was named in honor of Phil Hartman, who had been slated to play Zapp Brannigan before his death.

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788EZ TIL that the 1993 film 'Sleepless in Seattle' inspired a real-life love story between a widower in Seattle who appeared on The Oprah Winfrey show and a Californian woman who responded through letters. They have been together for 28 years.

nWNGP TIL When Nevada became a state in 1864 it did not include the southern tip where Las Vegas now is. Arizona claimed that land until Congress rewarded the land to Nevada in 1866 for staying with the Union.

JYMLk TIL nonchalant, disheveled, nonplussed, disconsolate, and nonsensical are examples of unpaired words: words that appear to be formed by a prefix and an existing word, but aren't. Chalant, heveled, plussed, consolate, and sensical are not recognized as English words.

xlWo TIL Jesse James once gave a widow who housed him enough money to pay off her debt collector and then robbed the debt collector as the man left the widow’s home.

R7dZl TIL The original Batman, the 1960's television series starting Adam West, had the worst score from test audiences in television history.